Friday, January 9, 2015

2014 Recap

2014 was such a busy year with a lot of exciting changes! I think I've grown up so much this year and think that Zach and I have grown together more than ever. 2014 was a great year and I hope that 2015 brings joy and many more adventures!

January:

January started off with a 2 day road trip from Virginia to Colorado with Zach and his dad. We spent the new year in our new townhouse on Fort Carson. We painted and decorated and quickly started to have a lot of friends over. Since I didn't have a car or a job we mostly had a lot of date nights and I spent a lot of time trying out new recipes and doing a lot of crafts! OH! And we got Avett!! :)

February:

In Feb we celebrated our very first Valentine's day as a married couple, bought a new Honda, had a giant Super Bowl party, and went to Garden of the Gods for the first time.

March:

In March one of my best friends, Heather, from VA came to visit me. We went to Denver and did a lot of hiking. At the end of the month I also had my very first day at Bel-Rea! I'm so grateful for that school and so happy for the 2 wonderful friends that I made there, Allison and Anny!

April:

In April we took a big leap and decided to buy our first house! I'm so happy about that decision and love continuing to make this house a home. We also had our first married Easter and invited a lot of friends over for that.

May:

In May we mostly did a lot of things around the house since it was starting to get warm outside. We made a fire pit outside, built shelves in the office, and painted the living room/kitchen.

In September I went to the Rocky Mountain National Park, but other than that spent a lot of time on schoolwork and at my job at the animal clinic.

October:

In October we had Zach's family visit us, carved pumpkins, spent a lot of weekends at the dog park, and had our 1 year marriage anniversary! We had professional pictures taken for us for our anniversary. At the end of the month Zach also had his Lasik eye surgery so he's eligible to fly helicopters!

In November we hosted our very first Thanksgiving together for about 20 people! It also started snowing.. A LOT!

December:

In December I finished up my last quarter of school for the year. We went to our first Military Ball, and I also started a new tradition of 12 days of Christmas for Zach. We took a vacation and drove to Virginia to visit our friends and family for Christmas. We got to see Allison and her fiancé in Virginia and we all went ice skating together and out to dinner. We also had a big bonfire with a lot of friends and spent a lot of time with our family. We got to follow Clay along to see him fly an airplane, he's only a couple weeks away from getting his pilot's license! We caught up with some old friends, and I also got to go to my best friend, Stacey's, gender reveal party! We found out that she's having a BOY! After our relaxing time off we had a long road trip back to Colorado. In December I also decided that one of my New Year's goals is to spend more time doing the things that I love. So with this thought in mind, and many other factors, including Zach's upcoming deployment, I decided to leave my job at the clinic. I was worried about it at first, but knew that it was the right thing to do, and I feel so relieved! I can now focus on school for a little while as well as spend all of my free time with Zach before he leaves for Kuwait!

Overall, 2014 was a wonderful year! I'm sad that most of 2015 will be spent away from this guy, but I know that we will still be able to talk a lot and work on our marriage as hard as we can. I'm excited for some of the adventures that are coming up with my friends and can't wait to see how God works in our lives this year!